MU coaching candidates

[JWags85]

Porky is back. Need a Porky vs MarquetteMike wild post off to the death

[forgetful]

If you can't pull off the Buzz look, how about Huggy?

Not sure there. I generally discourage those under my tutelage from punching police horses in the mouth.

And I certainly can't fill out a sweat suit like Huggy.

But, I've been told that I have a great "disapproving stare" that makes people feel like they disappointed Santa Claus, and Huggy is the size of Santa Claus, and has a classic "disapproving stare," so we'll go with a maybe on that one.

[onepost]

Let the record show that if we miss out on Beilein or Shaka, I hope we end up with Craig Smith.
Personable guy, has Midwest ties, and wins a crap ton of basketball games.

His trajectory seems similar to that of a Chris Beard.

[GooooMarquette]

Let the record show that if we miss out on Beilein or Shaka, I hope we end up with Craig Smith.
Personable guy, has Midwest ties, and wins a crap ton of basketball games.

I could get on board with Craig Smith.

If not, my second choice is forgetful with his "disapproving stare."

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

I can get behind Smith, Kelsey, and Gates.

Moser is below those guys. His FF run needed a buzzer beater in round 1, go ahead shot under 5 seconds in round 2, a dagger 3 under 10 seconds in Sweet 16 against a 7 seed, and played a 9 seed in the Elite 8.  That run needed so many things to go right that I'm hesitant to put Moser at the very top of my list.

I would still take him over Wojo, but Moser gives me Greg Gard vibes.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

The Shaka info from Goodman screams Shaka using Marquette as leverage for a new contract with Texas. I would love him here too, but I don't see that happening based on what happened in 2014.

Ding ding ding

[MarquetteMike1977]

Love all the posts on this site awesome

[Billy Hoyle]

I can get behind Smith, Kelsey, and Gates.

Moser is below those guys. His FF run needed a buzzer beater in round 1, go ahead shot under 5 seconds in round 2, a dagger 3 under 10 seconds in Sweet 16 against a 7 seed, and played a 9 seed in the Elite 8.  That run needed so many things to go right that I'm hesitant to put Moser at the very top of my list.

I would still take him over Wojo, but Moser gives me Greg Gard vibes.

"In reality, his taking a mid major to the Final Four by beating all lower seeded teams wasn't that impressive." Really?

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

1. Beilein
2. Moser
3. Grant
4. Smith
5. Gates

Remove Grant, slide Moser down behind Gates and I think you might have the actual list.

[MarquetteMike1977]

We had a fun Marquette 20 year run 4 seats front row center court. Purchased family and friends yellow tee shirts most every game and we drank one beer in the first half and one beer in the second half. Later we moved back about 10 rows but knew the jumbotron camera person and got on most games. Wardle would say hi. Good times. But again hope MU can do better than Wardle.

They tell me I know the tip of the iceberg. Which they tell me is more than most haha.

[Billy Hoyle]

Remove Grant, slide Moser down behind Gates and I think you might have the actual list.

Medved instead of Grant. MU connection with Steve Cottingham at CSU too.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Let the record show that if we miss out on Beilein or Shaka, I hope we end up with Craig Smith.
Personable guy, has Midwest ties, and wins a crap ton of basketball games.

His trajectory seems similar to that of a Chris Beard.

I'm with you onepost. I think Smith will be considered a great high major coach in the next 5 or so years.

[Dr. Blackheart]

I'm with you onepost. I think Smith will be considered a great high major coach in the next 5 or so years.

Can he recruit Big East talent? He checks some of the lower boxes Scholl laid out. Identity, off court, development but that top one is a big question for me.

[Mr. Nielsen]

I'm with you onepost. I think Smith will be considered a great high major coach in the next 5 or so years.

I heard him on Sirius XM this week. Funny personality.

[Shooter Flatch]

Is Mike Newell available? I get choked up just thinking about it.

[Pakuni]

Can he recruit Big East talent? He checks some of the lower boxes Scholl laid out. Identity, off court, development but that top one is a big question for me.

That's my concern as well.
The highest level he's been is as an assistant for three years at Nebraska. During those three years, the staff landed classes that ranked 56th, 95th and 27th nationally.
At Utah State, his classes have ranked 115th and 119th.
Those are two hard places to recruit, so I'm not sure if those rankings are telling of anything, but hiring Smith involves a pretty huge leap of faith that wouldn't be there for a guy like Dennis Gates.

[JWags85]

I heard him on Sirius XM this week. Funny personality.

That's a departure from his mentor at least. Tim Miles on broadcasts was awful

[Warrior_2002]

Gates makes me a little nervous.  Just not much there on the resume.  I think earlier TAMU said high risk high reward.  Sounds kind of like a Buzz move.  Not against it.  Just worries me a bit putting him lower on my list.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Medved instead of Grant. MU connection with Steve Cottingham at CSU too.

That's probably not a good thing.

[Dr. Blackheart]

That's my concern as well.
The highest level he's been is as an assistant for three years at Nebraska. During those three years, the staff landed classes that ranked 56th, 95th and 27th nationally.
At Utah State, his classes have ranked 115th and 119th.
Those are two hard places to recruit, so I'm not sure if those rankings are telling of anything, but hiring Smith involves a pretty huge leap of faith that wouldn't be there for a guy like Dennis Gates.

If recruiting is the top priority as Scholl laid out, its Gates for me too. He would clean up at MU. Will need bench help.

[Pakuni]

Gates makes me a little nervous.  Just not much there on the resume.  I think earlier TAMU said high risk high reward.  Sounds kind of like a Buzz move.  Not against it.  Just worries me a bit putting him lower on my list.

Fair, but he does have more head coaching experience than four of Marquette's last five hires. And eight years on the bench of an ACC program.

[Billy Hoyle]

Fair, but he does have more head coaching experience than four of Marquette's last five hires. And eight years on the bench of an ACC program.

Which has led some I've talked with to say Gates wants to take over at FSU eventually

[Pakuni]

Which has led some I've talked with to say Gates wants to take over at FSU eventually

Yeah, that would be a concern of mine for Gates. If he's a home run hire for Marquette, he's likely to have offers from high-profile programs in short order, whether it's FSU or somewhere else. That may be true of any young coach, I suppose.

[GoldenWarrior11]

FWIW, Scholl's head coaching hires to date have all had some Catholic school background in some form.

I just have a hard time seeing Smith being a top-candidate. Maybe I'm wrong.

[Mr. Nielsen]

Yeah, that would be a concern of mine for Gates. If he's a home run hire for Marquette, he's likely to have offers from high-profile programs in short order, whether it's FSU or somewhere else. That may be true of any young coach, I suppose.

That was also said about Wojo when coach K retires.